Bottle-washing apparatus



Filed Feb. 6, 192

i a u INVENTOR ATTORN EY Wash the same. I

Patented July 1 5.1930

* UNITEDTSTATES -ALGOT-EBIGKSON}OF'1NDIANA5HARBOR; immune;

BomTLE-wesmiwe ABPAZRATIUSQ-K v -Application filed February 6,1923]SerialfNo. 252,229."

- This invention relates to certain. novel improvements in bottlewashing' apparatus and more particularlyto asimple ande'fiiclent de- 7 Ivice which maybe very economically manusfactured. p p I h e V Thesalientobject pf my invention is to provide a bottlewasher Which maybeexpeditiously associated with a 3 suitablevalve I or faucetcontrollingthe emission of'steam or 10 Water. p Y

Another object of the invention is to provide abottle Washer in whichimpingement members are provided'wliich are'adapted to be driven intothe bottle'bythe fluidused to Another object of theinventionancillary tothe foregoing .is to arrange the device so that theimpingement membersmay be re- H V 1 connection with the interior of theneck'18fispeatedlyused. I. I

' Other objects Will appear hereinafter. y The invention consists inthenovel combination and arrangement'of parts tobe here- 'inafter'describedand claimed- The invention will be best understood by I reference to theaccompanying drawings,

showing the preferred form of construction andinvv hich:

Fig. 1 preferredembodiment of my invention assoo ciated with afaucetof-an approved'design;

' "Fi 2 is a sectional v-iey'vtaken substantially on the line 2 '2onfFig; 1;; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view line 33 on Fig. 2; and;

on the let connection employed in. my device. In the drawings, whereinthe preferred embodiment of my inventioniisillustrated; 10 indicates afaucet of approved designwhich in the present instance is adapted. tocontrol emission! from a suitable water supply. It is to bewunderstoodhowever, thatzithe device might be used in connection With a supply ofsteam or other suitable fluid. ,I provide a my improved bottle Washer isgenerally indicated at V inthe drawings. In the washed inmy device.

is an elevational View :depictingf'a Fig. dis a perspective'detail vievvof tli e in-' connector 11 of any desired designvvhichis I v adapted tobe attached" to the. faucet 10 and a substantially U-shaped pipe 12isdire'cted to present instance, I have illustrated a bottle B of the'restricted neck type but it is tobe' understood that my invention is notlimited to such bottles and it is further to be underi V tood thatdevices otherthan; bottles maybe i 1 My improved bottle Washer includesa Icylindrical 'cas'ing 13 i'utovvhichj a taperedfcup 1 1 isadapted tobe fitted. The bottom oft-he cup 14 and'the sides thereof for a predetermineddistance have'aplurality of perfo'rations' 15 formed therein. Thecup ltis tapered so as to provide afspace indicated by 16 in thedra'wingsibetvveen the portion of the cup embodying the perforations andthe interio'r" of the'outercasing '13. j The bottom 17 ofthecupatfsubstantially the mid-point is formed to provide a downwardly extendingneck 18." Adapted to have screw'threaded a'connector 19 which has arestricted opening 20'the'rein' across Which'a pin 21 is adapted toextend for a purpose to be brought forth hereinafter. Theinterioriof theconnector '19 is adapted tobe tapered as'best illustrated in Fig. 2andisaidconnector is, adapt'ed'to be suitably connectedjto the pipe 12.,d

An upwardly extending conduit 22 ispro vided vvhichis of alengtlisufiicient to extend into the bottle B a distance substantiallyequal to that indicated in Fig; 1. SuitabIySO securedto the conduit 22adjacentthe lower endithereof is a' Web member 23 having-id vertedtruncated cone 21 therein, the base of f which is adapted tobear againsttheinterior of the cup 15'at substantially the point indicated in ig. 2.The lOWGICIld. of theconduit 22 extends through a funnel shaped member25 Which includes-a neck portion 26 vhich f is disposed around theconduit 22 and which extends therealongpast the Web member 23. 'As'isclearlyillustrated-in Fig.2 the lower ends of the conduit 22 and thefunnel 25ers In operation the faucet 10 is opened so'as' 159 tioned insaid neck so as to vary the siphon eifect produced by thefluid emittedtherefrom. The pin 21 in 'the opening of the connector 19 prevents themembers 27 passing into the pipe '12. By varying the position of theconnector 19 and the-neck, 18' the force of the water emitted therefrommay be varied. The water emitted from the opening 20 picks up members27. and carries them through the conduit 22, the funnel preventingpassage in any other direction. The full-line arrows on Fig. 2 indicatethe path of the members 27 and the dotted-line arrows on this figureindicate the path of the water. 'Due to the force of'the water bywhi'ohthe members 27 are emitted from the upper end of the conduit 22 thebottom of the bottle B will be struck withconsiderable force by thesemembers and thus any sediment or other foreign matter collected thereonwill be freed. The for :e'with which this water and the impinge- 'inentmembers is emitted will cause said members after striking the bottom ofthe bottle B to pass back along the sides thereof with a swirling motionand thus loosen any foreign 'matter on the sides of the bottle.

and members 27 pass back down to the neck of he water the bottle B andthus back into the cup 15, it being apparent from Fig. 2 that the'mouthof the bottle rests on the web member 23 when in operative position.

invement members 27 are a ain entra) )8d a a y ..l

in the bottom of thecup and again carried up to the conduit 22 by thefluid emitted from the opening 20. lVhen the bottle B is cleaned thefaucet 10 is closedand thus operation ceases.

It is apparent from the foregoing that I have provided an eflicientbottle Washer which may be employed in a very simple manner and which isparticularly adapted for household use. It is apparent that the devicemay be very inexpensivelymanufactured due to its simplicity ofconstruction.

While I' have illustrated and described the preferred. form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I I, there- The water passes on out through the perforations15 while the im- 7 thereof tapered in a direction toward the bottomthereof whereby the lower portions of said Wall portions are spaced fromthe interior walls of said housing, said cupshaped member havingperforations formed in said lower portions and the bottom thereof, a webmember in said tubular housing dis- .posed substantially midway betweenthe top and bottom thereof having an inwardly directed funnel-shapedportion therein, a conduit, extendingaxially of said cup-shaped memberand having one end portion projecting above the upper end thereof, saidconduit being secured in said web member, the lower end ofsaid conduitbeing spaced from the bottom ofsaid cup-shaped member, an outwardlyflaring funnel member at the lower arranged in spaced relation" l tosaid cupshaped member, means aligned with said conduit for directing afluid through-the bottom wall 'ofsaid cup-shaped member, and impingementmembers normally-disposed on the bottom of said cup-shaped'memberwhereby fluid passing into said cup-shaped member toward said conduitwill pick up and carry said impingement members through said end ofsaid, conduithaving the side thereof" conduit for discharge withsaidfluid from the upper end of said conduit.

2. In a bottle washing apparatus a tubular housing, a cup-shapedflmemberwithin said housing having the side wall.- portions thereof taperedtoward the bottom thereof whereby the lower portions of said side wallportions are in spaced relation tQthe cooperating innerw'allportions of.said housing, said lower portions and the bottom of said cup-shapedmember having openings provided therein, a conduit extending axiallyofsaid cup-shaped member and having the lower end portion thereofarranged in spaced relation with the bottom of said cupshaped member andhaving the opposite upper end portion thereof projecting beyond the endof-said cup-shaped member, means for supporting's'aid conduit in saidcupshaped member including a web member comprising radial fins, a funnelmember ineluding a stem portion extending around said conduit andincluding a head portion flaring outwardly therefrom at the lower endthereof, an inwardly directed truncated cone member disposed abovesaidfirst named funnel member and carriedby said web member and disposed toextend toward the headportion of said first riamedfunnel member, meansfor connecting a supply'conduit to the bottom of said cup-shaped member,the bottom of said-cup-shaped member having a restricted opening thereinin alignment with said supply conduit and-said first named conduit,impingement members normally mounted on thefbottom of said cup-shapedmember whereby a fluid from said supply lOU V oonduit passing throughsaid reetfi oted open- V ing will pick up and carry said impingementmembers through said first named conduit" for discharge through theextended end thereof, V t In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 1

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